Out of State Teaching Fee
In Texas Education Code 54.545, the Texas Legislature ruled that courses taken by non-resident students outside of the State are self-supporting courses which do not qualify for formula funding. Students in these courses are charged an Out of State Teaching Fee in lieu of tuition and instructional fees. The UNT Board of Regents approved the use of an Out of State Teaching Fee. This fee must cover the cost of instruction, including overhead. This fee must be more than Texas resident tuition (including both state-mandated and board-designated portions) and applicable fees. Applicable fees are only those that are mandated by the University with the exception of the fees that students are exempt from if they are not taking any courses on campus. The applicable fees are automatically calculated using the spreadsheet for establishing an Out of State Teaching Fee and no additional action is required by the department.
Each department may determine the cost for each course in which students residing outside the State are expected to enroll. While the vast majority of these courses will be delivered electronically, this fee also applies to courses in which faculty travel to an out of state site to deliver instruction. Departments propose a fee to be charged in lieu of tuition. The proposed fee is reviewed and approved by the college or school and university administration. Departments may make a "profit" on the course. The Center for Learning Enhancement, Assessment, and Redesign is available to departments for assistance with setting up the fee.
Eighty-three percent of the fee is placed in a local account within the department and these funds may roll over into the next fiscal year. Colleges and schools may retain a portion of the funds for administrative overhead.
Departments should propose Out of State Teaching Fees before registration begins for the semester in which the course is to be taught and the fee applied.
Please choose an example to view in a separate window. The actual form is a self-calculating Excel spreadsheet. The Forms that appear are examples only. Please do not print or use the forms that appear below!
Download the Out-of-State Teaching Fee Request Form (FY15)
Fee Renewal Form
If you previously had an approved Out-of state Teaching Fee (OSTF) for a particular course and you are not making any changes to the fee, you may renew the OSTF by submitting the renewal form for the appropriate term. Up to 15 courses may be renewed on each copy of the form. For compliance purposes, the form has been modified to validate that the fee is greater than the state-mandated minimum (which increases each time resident tuition goes up). Previous versions of the forms will no longer be accepted. If you experience any difficulty in using these revised forms, please contact Teresa Cox at Teresa.Cox@unt.edu or 940.369.7669.
Only the official form downloaded from this website will be accepted by the Budget Office.
Please do not use old versions of this form from previous semesters.
Download the Summer 2014 Renewal Form
Download the Fall 2014 Renewal Form
Download the Spring 2015 Renewal Form
Download the Summer 2015 Renewal Form
Special Instructions for Accelerated Online Program (AOP) courses from Carol Gagnon (Budget Office):
• Identify AOP classes as either AOP – MA (first session) or AOP – MB (second session)
• Each session of AOP classes must be listed on a separate form (New OSTF or Fee Renewal form)
• When requesting the creation of the new AOP classes (or any new class), make sure to request that the class or classes be placed in ‘Stop Enrollment’ until the fees are added. If the fees are not added and a student is enrolled, the fees cannot be added.
• Please give the Registrar’s Office time to create the new classes in the system before asking for fees to be added.